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Submitted: 1/6/15 • Approved: 1/6/15 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R48102-G48102-S3
Paul
Sept 22, 1918-Nov 24, 2000
Son of William Leon and Wilhemina Kahlich Meurer
Rosary for Paul H. Meurer, 82, of Slaton will be at 7 p.m. today in Englunds Chapel with the Rev. Lawrence Hemp, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church, officiating.
Resurrec-tion Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. Lawrence Hemp officiating.
Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery in Slaton under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service.
He died on Friday, Nov. 24, 2000, in Slaton Care Center.
He was born on Sept. 22, 1918, in Scotland, Texas. He attended St. Joseph Parochial School in Slaton. He lived in Colorado for a time before moving to the Slaton area in 1921.
He was a cotton farmer in Lubbock and Lynn counties, and had been recognized as producing the first bale of cotton in 1990. He retired in 1998.
He married Sylvia Buxkemper on Sept. 27, 1938, in Slaton. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, the church choir, Knights of Columbus Council 2541, and past member Town & Country Dance Club.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Lee and Edward, both of Slaton; two daughters, Vernell Kaatz and Nadine McDonald, both of Lubbock; three sisters, Helen Bednarz, Elizabeth Kitten and Hildegard Kitten, all of Slaton; 15 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Sylvia
June 19, 1916-July 19, 2008
Daughter of Charles William and Erna Anna Mueller Buxkemper
Rosary for Sylvia Meurer, 92, of Slaton will be 7 p.m. today, Sunday, July 20, 2008 in Englunds Chapel with the Deacon Darris Linder of St. Joseph Catholic Church officiating.
Resurrection Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday, July 21, 2008 in St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. Nicholas Rendon officiating. Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery of Slaton under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service.
She died on Saturday, July 19, 2008 in Slaton.
She was born on June 19, 1916 in Victoria, Tx., to Charles William and Erna Anna Mueller Buxkemper.
In the fall of 1922 the Buxkemper family moved to Slaton where she attended school. She married Paul Meurer on September 27, 1938. They farmed cotton and raised their family in the Slaton area. Paul died November 24, 2000. Two children, Charles and Catherine, preceded her in death.
Sylvia was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and had been active in the Catholic Daughters and the Alter Society and past member of the Town and Country Dance Club.
Those she is leaving behind include her sons, Lee Meurer and wife Judy; Edward Meurer and wife Brenda, all from Slaton; and daughters, Vernell and husband Buddy Kaatz; and Nadine and husband Carroll McDonald, all from Lubbock; sister, Esther Strube; and brother, Paul Buxkemper, both from Slaton; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and many other family members and friends. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
Photo courtesy of Sue Thompson Patterson
Contributed on 1/6/15 by bill060
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